Inventory Manager Ortho

This is a permanent hybrid role.

What you will do:
1. Inventory Control and Operational Management
• Regular monitoring of stock levels at Venlo and Moscow warehouses.
• Conducting reconciliations and inventory counts to maintain 100% data accuracy in 1C.
• Investigating discrepancies and initiating corrective actions.
• Tracking turnover, identifying slow- and non-moving stock and defining actions for liquidation.
• Monitoring expiration dates and blocking shipments of products nearing expiry.
2. Replenishment and Order Management
• Creating replenishment orders for the buffer warehouse from Venlo or directly from the manufacturer, considering applicable constraints.
• Tracking order status and resolving issues during transport and customs clearance.
• Coordinating with Customer Service and Logistics to identify alternative supply routes.
• Prioritizing deliveries based on demand analysis and strategic product importance.
• Optimizing order quantities with respect to logistics constraints such as lead times, minimum order quantities and freight.
3. Forecasting and Analytics
• Building demand forecasts based on historical data, sales plans and marketing initiatives.
• Scenario planning for various risks such as supply disruptions, demand spikes or product phase-out.
• Calculating and updating safety stock levels per SKU, considering market and logistics risks.
• Identifying bottlenecks in the supply chain and proposing improvement measures.
• Preparing regular analytical reports (turnover, forecast accuracy, shortage risks).
4. Asset Management and ROI
• Monitoring the performance of deployed assets (LTC, Demo, Consignment) with a focus on return on investment.
• Conducting regular reviews of sleeping / non-performing consignment and initiating redistribution actions.
• Preparing and supporting business cases (CER) for new investments and calculating expected ROI.
• Aligning new placements with Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain, ensuring proper storage and rotation of kits.
• Reducing excess assets through portfolio optimization and return of unused items.
5. Collaboration and Communication
• Internal: working with Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Compliance, Logistics and Finance to coordinate plans, priorities and scenarios.
• External: communication with distributors regarding deliveries, returns and consignment.
• Participation in cross-functional projects (Phase-in / Phase-out, PLCM, Inventory Optimization).
6. Accountability
• Achieving target service levels.
• Ensuring accuracy of inventory data and timely updates.
• Managing stock turnover and minimizing obsolete items.
• Ensuring ROI of assets placed under LTB / Demo / Consignment.
• Compliance with internal regulations, quality standards and Compliance / SOX / FCPA requirements.

What you will need:

• Degree
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to build and analyze Pivot Tables.
• Creation of charts and clear data visualizations.
• Confident use of key formulas such as VLOOKUP, SUM, IF, COUNT, INDEX/MATCH.
• Ability to structure, clean and analyze large data sets.